|
Containers must be Declared
Separately in Import or Export Legs for Duty Exemption, CBIC Clarifies in
Circular
|
51-CBIC Circular/20.11.2020
|
|
Dept of Revenue Invites
Suggestions and Inputs for Union Budget 2021-22 from Field Offices Last date
27 Nov2020
|
D.O.F.No. 334/4/2020-TRU dated 17 November 2020
|
|
Imports and Exports from North Korea (KP)
Please be careful on trade with South Korea. Banned North
Korea name should not appear by mistake on documents.
|
CBIC Instruction No. 19 dated 18th November 2020
|
|
Last Date for Filing Applications under Sabka
Vishwas Scheme (SVLDRS) Extended to 31 Dec 2020 for
J&K and UT of Ladakh
|
Circular No. 1075/01/2020-CX dated 14 November 2020
|
|
Policy and Guidelines for Setting Up of ICDs, CFS and AFSs
|
50-CBIC/05.11.2020
|
|
Pending
Claims for RoSL (Textiles and Garments)
·
Customs to Report
Misuse Cases to DGFT
|
49-CBIC
Circular/03.11.2020
|
|
Iron Ore Export Duty Evasion Case Booked, Party Clears Goods by Part
Duty Payment and Part Bond and Bank Guarantee
|
CBIC Press
Note dated 29 October 2020
|
|
FAQs on Manufacture and Other Operations in Customs Warehouse
|
F.No. 484/03/2015-LC (Pt) dated 27 October 2020
|
|
Residual Action by CGST Commissionerates
in respect of the Adverse Orders of Honble High Courts, wherein the Taxpayer
is Assigned to respective State Tax Administration
|
F.No. 276/262/2015-CX.8A (Pt.III) dated
27.10.2020
|
|
Payment Date
Extended for Vivad se Vishwas
Scheme
·
Finance Secretary
Urges I-T Department to Reach Out to the Taxpayers to Improve Traffic
|
18-CBDT/28.10.2020
|
|
Movement from Section
65 to DTA and back Allowed for Job Work
·
FTWZ also Covered
on the Line of DTA
|
48-CBIC/27.10.2020
|
|
OTP Delivery Allowed on International Courier Consignments
|
CBIC Circular No. 47/2020-Customs dated 20
October 2020
|
|
Guidelines for References on Technical Issues Seeking Clarification
from Board
|
F.No. 116/22/2020-CX-3 dated 19 Oct. 2020
|
|
Board Issues
Guidelines for Testing Samples in House at CRCL (Central Revenue Control
Laboratories)
· Customs Labs now
have NABL Accreditation, they must have first preferences
· Can Handle FSSAI,
CDSCO and Textile Committee Cases
·
Only PQ, AQ and
Wild Life Cases to go outside Customs Labs
|
46-CBIC/15.10.2020
|
|
Revised Clarification Circular on
Faceless Assessment
|
45-CBIC/12.10.2020
|
|
Board Prescribes Detailed Procedure for Inspection of ICDs, Customs
Commissioners to Accountable for both Inspections and Reporting
·
No Provision for
Audit of Action on User Complaints
|
44-CBIC/08.10.2020
|
|
New Post Clearance
Audit System for Customs Introduced
· DG Audit to
Function as Nodal Agency
· Three Post
Clearance Audit Divided into TBA (Transaction Based Audit), ThBA (Theme Based Audit) and PBA (Premises Based Audit)
·
Audit
Commissioners Post Created in Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai
|
18-CBIC Instruction/06.10.2020
|
|
Finance Secy wants Accountability and
Supervision over Legal Counsels
|
CBIC Legal Cell
Instruction/30.09.2020
|
|
One Time Relaxation in
Implementation of E-Invoice for One Month
|
CBIC Press
Release/30.09.2020
|
|
New Manifest Regulations Postponed
Once Again to 1 April 2021
|
43-CBIC/30.09.2020
|
|
Guidelines for Provisional
Assessment under Sec. 18 of Customs Act 1962
·
AEOs to Furnish
Bank Guarantees for PA in CAROTAR Cases
|
42-CBIC/29.09.2020
|
|
CBIC Asks its Officers View on Extension of 30 Sept Time Limit on the
Continuation of COVID-19
|
CBIC F.No.450/61/2020-Cus-IV dated 22 September
2020
|
|
CBIC Press Release on CAROTAR 2020 on Tightening of Origin Rules in FTA
Imports
|
CBIC Press
Release dated 18th September 2020
|
|
Exports to Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan through Managed Service
Provider System Electronic Cargo Tracking for Quick Border Crossing, Updated
4 Sept 2020 Circular Released with effect from 15 April 2018
|
52-CBIC Cir/22.12.2017
|
|
Courier Shipping Bill for Exports on Auto LEO once they Clear X-Ray
Scan
|
41-CBIC Cir./07.09.2020
|
|
Roll-out Faceless
Assessment in All Ports in all India Level for All Imported Goods by 31 Oct
2020
·
11 National
Assessment Centres Headed by Chief Commissioners
Constituted
|
40-CBEC/04.09.2020
85-Cus(NT)/04.09.2020
|
|
Fulbari, Changrabandha and Jaigaon
Allowed Transshipment for Exports to Nepal or Bangladesh
|
39-CBIC/04.09.2020
|
|
Auto Upload of
IGST from Customs ICEGATE to GSTN Soon
·
Test Data till 6
Aug on website
|
CBIC Press Release dated 29th August
2020
|
|
Personal Hearings Now only thru Video Conferencing
|
[CBIC Instruction dated 21 August 2020]
|
|
CBIC Issues
Guidelines and Operation Procedure of Rules of Origin for FTA
· Implementation of
Sec 28DA of CA, 1962 (Clause 110 of Finance Act, 2020 Amendment)
·
Verification of
COO Process Specified
|
38-CBIC/21.08.2020
|
|
Deferred Payment of Customs Duty Benefits to `Authorised Public Undertakings
SBIC Lays Down Procedure
· Disputed Cases to
be within 10% of All Cases
·
Deputy Secy in Ministry Must Recommend
|
37-CBIC/19.08.2020
|
|
CBIC Releases Revised Procedure for Sec 65 Customs Bonded Manufacture
·
Solvency
Certificate Continues as Key Document in Approval Process but Requirement can
be Waived in Deserving Cases
|
36-CBIC/17.08.2020
|
|
Drawback Calls for Export Data in Six Months period 1.10.2019 to
31.03.2020 in three Parts for RoDTEP Fixation
|
F.No. 605/22/2020-DBK/862-932 dated 10 August 2020
|
|
Three Member GK
Pillai Committee for RoDTEP Fixation with 3+2
Months Term Announced
·
Parande and Gautam Ray Ex-IRS other Two Members
|
CBIC Order dated 30 July 2020
|
|
Board Starts 35 Day
Special Drive for Disposal of Unclaimed/ Confiscated Goods from 11 Aug to 15
Sept 2020
|
17-CBIC Instruction/ 10.08.2020
|
|
Veterinary Health
Certificate from DAHD Must for Dogs and Cats as Pets in Baggage
· Advance NoC from Animal Quarantine Required
·
No Import Licence for Passengers, Others need DGFT Licence in Addition
|
35-CBIC/10.08.2020
|
|
CBIC Launches 2nd
Phase of All India Roll-out of Faceless Assessment (Turant
Customs) from 3 Aug 2020 to Include Delhi and Mumbai
·
Commissioners in
Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi Nominating to Oversee
|
34-CBIC/30.07.2020
|
|
Testing and
Certification of Telecomm Equipment (MTCTE) Mandatory from 1 Oct 2020
· Transmission
Terminal Equipment (SDH Equipment, Multiplexing Equipment).
· PON family of
Broadband Equipment (PON ONT, PON ONU and PON OLT)
·
Feedback Device
|
CBIC Instruction No. 15 dated 24th July 2020
|
|
Prohibited Health Supplement PABA (Para
amino Benzoic Acid) not to be cleared at any Point of Entry (E-commerce)
|
CBIC Instruction No.16/2020-Customs dated 24th July 2020
|
|
CBIC Invites Online
Suggestions for Review of Existing Customs Exemption Notifications and Laws
Last Date 21 Aug 2020
|
14-CBIC Instruction dated 21.07.2020
|
|
Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Clearance
·
No custom sealed sample will be required /
collected by AQCS for clearance of imported consignments under No Testing (NT) category
·
272 Tariff Lines
covered under No Testing (NT) Category
·
Vet Health Certificate
from Load Port Sufficient
|
CBIC Instruction No.
13/2020-Customs dated 20.07.2020
|
|
Board Clarification on Duty Drawback Rates Amendments Footwear, Gold Jewellery, Vinyl Sulphone
Ester, AMT Vehicles (Automated Manual Transmission)
|
CBIC Circular No 33/2020-Customs dated 15 July 2020
|
|
Veterinary Certificate
Waived for BE before 30 April 2020 for Milk and Milk Products Import
|
CBIC Instruction No. 11/2020-Customs dated 10 July 2020
|
|
AGMARK
Certification Required for Import of Blended Edible Vegetable Oils (BEVO)
|
CBIC Instruction No. 12/2020-Customs dated 10 July 2020
|
|
Turant Suvidha Kendra in All Customs Stations by 15 July 2020
· Turant Suvidha Kendra in All Customs Formations
· Registration of Authorised Dealer Code, Bank Accounts through ICEGATE
· Automated debit of
bond after Assessment
·
Simplified
Registration of Importers/Exporters in ICEGATE
|
32-CBIC/06.07.2020
|
|
AEO Certificate Validity Extended to 30 Sept 2020 (Certificates
Expired/Expiring between 1 Mar 2020 and 30 Sept 2020)
|
31-CBIC/30.06.2020
|
|
CBIC Issues Guidelines on Non-filing TRAN-1
|
F.No. CBEC-20/10/11/2019-GST/2001 dated 22 June 2020
|
|
Electronic Communication of Final Let Export Order (LEO) Copy of
Shipping Bill and e-Gatepass Copy of Shipping Bill
|
30-CBIC/22.06.2020
|
|
Transshipment Cargo from Bangladesh to Kolkata and Vice Versa under
Electronic Cargo Trading System (ECTS) Seals from 1 July 2020
·
Transshipment and
transit of goods from a sea port to a land customs station and vice-versa
under Regulation 7 of SCMTR 2018 will Apply
|
29-CBIC/22.06.2020
|
|
Customs Officers should Invoke NDPS
Act in the Smuggling Cases
|
Instruction No. 10/2020-Customs dated 10.06.2020
|
|
Last Date of Filing
Declaration in SVLDRS Extended to 30 June 2020
|
Amendment
to Circular No. 1071/4/2019-CX.8 dated 29 May 2020
|
|
Board Instruction on 1st Phase of All India Roll-out of
Faceless Assessment
·
Faceless Assessment Groups
· Port Assessment Groups
· Turant Suvidha Kendras
· 5.1. Responsibilities of the Nodal Commissioners
· 5.2 Responsibilities of the Port of Import
· 5.3. Procedure for Verification of Assessment of Bill of
Entry by Faceless Assessment Group
· 5.3.2. Procedure to be Adopted by
Faceless Assessment Groups in Exceptional Circumstances.
· 5.3.3. Procedure to be Adopted by
Port of Import in Exceptional Circumstances.
· 5.4 Speaking Order
· 5.5 Appellate Proceedings
· 5.6 Review Proceedings
· 5.7 Demands under Section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962
· 5.8 Provisional Assessment
· 5.9 Amendment of Bills of Entry
·
5.10 Exchange of communication exclusively by electronic
mode and authentication of electronic records
|
09-CBIC Instruction/05.06.2020
|
|
CBIC Launches 1st Phase of Faceless Assessment under Turant Customs
·
Board's decision to implement the next generation reforms
in the Customs clearance process under the umbrella of Turant
Customs with the objectives of speedy clearance, transparency in decision
making, and ease of doing business
·
Turant Suvidha Kendra would be a
dedicated cell in every Customs port of import and will be manned by Custom
officers to cater to functions and roles such as:
I. Accept Bond or
Bank Guarantee;
II. Carry out any
other verifications that may be referred by Faceless Assessment Groups;
III. Defacing of
documents/ permits licences, wherever required;
IV. Debit of
documents/ permits/ licences, wherever required;
and
V. Other functions
determined by Commissioner to facilitate trade.
|
28-CBIC/05.06.2020
|
|
AEO Certificate Validity Extended to 30 June 2020 (Certificates
Expired/Expiring Between 1 Mar 2020 and 31 May 2020)
|
Circular No. 27/2020- Customs dated 2 June 2020
|
|
24x7 Customs Clearance in
All Sea Ports, Airports and ICD to Continue Till 30 June 2020
|
08-CBIC Instruction/01.06.2020
|
|
Date for
Submission of Proper Bond in lieu of which the Undertaking is being
Temporarily Accepted is Extended till 30 June 2020
|
Circular No. 26/2020-Customs
dated 29 May 2020
|
|
CBIC Invites
Feedback from Stakeholders on Draft Circular on Movement of Goods under
Electronic Sealing in Customs Bonded Warehouse
|
CBIC Draft Circular
|
|
Special Drive for
Pending Claims of Brand Rate Drawback Fixation on Exports
|
CBIC Instruction No. 7/2020-
Customs dated 28 May 2020
|
|
Milk and Milk Products including Edible Lactose Import Requires
Veterinary Certificate
|
CBIC Instruction No.
06/2020-Customs dated 20.05.2020
|
|
RFID Self Sealing on Export Goods Rescinded
|
CBIC Circular- 25/2020-Customs
dated 18 May 2020
|
|
RNI Recognized as PGA for LPCO under e-SANCHIT SWIFT Clearance for Auto
Upload for Newsprint Import
|
CBIC Circular No. 24/2020-Customs dated 14 May 2020
|
|
NCCD Paid can be Claimed under Brand Rate of Duty Drawback
|
CBIC Instruction No. 5/2020- Customs dated 12 May 2020
|
|
Date for Submission of Proper Bond in lieu of which the Undertaking is
being Temporarily Accepted is Extended till 15 June 2020
|
23-CBIC/11.05.2020
|
|
CBIC
Clarifications on GST Laws
|
CBIC
Circular No. 138/08/2020-GST dated 6th May 2020
|
|
Unsigned Copies of Certificate of Origin may be accepted for Duty Free
FTA Provisional Clearance against Security to be decided by Commissioner
|
CBIC Instruction No. 04/2020
Customs dated 4 May 2020
|
|
CBIC Issues
Detailed Guidelines for Personal Hearing to Video Conferencing Admissible
under Sec. 138C of Customs Act 1962
·
Softcopy of Record
will be sent to interested parties for confirmation within three days
·
Other instruments
like statements, rebuttal etc to be carried out by
email
·
Directions issued
on the lines of Supreme Court Proceedings in Civil No. 5/2020
|
CBIC Instruction dated 27 April 2020
|
|
Shipping Bills
till 31 Dec 2019 can Corrected for SB 005 Error Showing Mismatch between Shipping Bill and GST
Return for Refund of GST on Exports
|
22-CBIC/21.04.2020
|
|
Customs Extends
Relaxation of Bond Submission with Undertaking to 30 May
|
21-CBIC/21.04.2020
|
|
RFID Self Sealing for Export will
be Implemented from 1 July 2020
|
20-CBIC/21.04.2020
|
|
CBIC Allows
Digitally Signed Certificate of Origin for FTA Clearance at Zero Duty subject
to Security
BE to be Finalised at Later Date against Original BE COO
|
18-CBIC/11.04.2020
|
|
Out of Charge (OoC) and Gate Pass to Customs Broker or Importer Shift to
Electronic Mode from 15 April
(Why have Two
Documents, Combine the OOC with GP!- Ed)
|
19-CBIC/13.04.2020
|
|
Immediate GST
Refunds even though Law Allows 60 days for Processing, says GST Commissioner
·
All Claims to be
Cleared by 30 April with Daily Monitoring by CC
·
Submit Claims only
by Email, No Physical Copy of Documents Required
|
CBIC
Instruction No. 2/1/2020-GST dated 9 April 2020
|
|
Pending Refund and
Drawback Disposal Special Drive for 20 days in Place till 30 Apr 2020
· Chief
Commissioners to Monitor Progress on Daily Basis
· All Income Tax
Refunds Upto Rs. 5 lakhs
to be Released Immediately
·
Measure to Benefit
14 lakh Tax Payers
|
03-CBIC/09.04.2020
|
|
Bonds Substituted
by Undertaking for One Month till 30 April 2020
· Facility Allowed
only to Actual Users, Manufacturers and Above; Relaxation also allowed to
others as Deemed Fit by Commissioner
· Prescribed Format
on Notary Papers before 7 May 2020
·
No Relaxation of
Security
|
17-CBIC Cir/03.04.2020
|
|
Green Signal to
Automatic Clearance of Imports from 5 March
· CCV (Customs
Compliance Verification) and Duty Payment to Operate in Parallel
·
Bill of Entry to
be Cleared only after Duty payment
|
15-CBIC/28.02.2020
|
|
Customs Releases New Regulations for Movement of Transit Goods from
India through Bangladesh; Old 1965 Regulations Superseded
· CTD (Customs
Transit Declaration) with Bond required (No Electronic Declaration as of Now)
·
LCS in India and
Bangladesh along with Chattogram or Mongla Ports in Bangladesh Named as Transit Station
|
14-CBIC/21.02.2020
|
|
Coronavirus Alarm
Bells Ring in North Block - 24x7 Customs Clearance in All Sea Ports, Airports
and ICDs to Clear Cargo
·
No Instructions on
Creating 24x7 Availability of Trained Staff or Infrastructure of Logistics
and Banks, there is already a shortage of Trained Staff
·
Cargo Volumes from
China has fallen Steeply, Idling Staff Costs will be Up
|
CBIC Instruction 02 /2020-Customs dated 20
February 2020
|
|
Board Clarification on RoSCTL Scrips under Para 4.01(c) of FTP and Additional Ad
Hoc Scrips under Para 4.95 and Para 4.96 of HBP Eligible for Set Off of
Customs Duty
|
13-CBIC/19.02.2020
|
|
FSSAI Sets Up 150
Import Entry Points to Test Food Samples
· Authorised Officers for
Certificate Issue Notified
·
New System to Work
from 1 April 2020
· FSSAI List of 183
Accredited NABL Labs Notified
|
CBIC Instruction No. 1/2020-Customs dated 12 February 2020
|
|
Prosecution of
Group A Officers under PCA, 1988 File to Move through Member of Board
In-charge of Respective Zone, DRI, DGGSTI thru Member Investigation through
CBIC
·
DG Vigilance to
Process Prosecution of Revenue Officers
|
12-CBIC/10.02.2020
|
|
Three More PGAs
covering Livestock (Animal Quarantine) Insecticides Board and Livestock
Products (Animal Husbandry) Inserted
·
Uploading of LPCO
(Licenses/Permits/Certificates/Other Authorizations) only by PGAs,
Beneficiary to be issued only Image Reference Numbers (IRN)
·
Uploading by
Beneficiary to e-Sanchit to be deactivated from 28.02.2020
|
11-CBIC/10.02.2020
|
|
Chennai and
Nhava Sheva will Clear Goods before
Payment of Duty under Automated Machine Release
|
CBIC Press Release dated 06.02.2020
|
|
Second Hand Machinery
Chartered Engineers Certificate under Form A (Country of Sale) and Form B
(Indian Port)
|
07-CBIC/05.02.2020
|
|
Transshipment of
Bangladesh Cargo to Kolkata Port Facility Extended till 30 June 2020
|
08-CBIC/05.02.2020
|
|
Export Data to Capture District
and State of Origin Electronic Declaration to include Columns for these
Data
|
09-CBIC/05.02.2020
|
|
New Drawback Rates
Effective from 4 Feb 2020 CBIC Circular
·
Ports to Watch
Sensitive Shipments to Check Frauds
|
06-CBIC/30.01.2020
|
|
Automated Clearance Facility
to be Rolled Out on a Pilot Basis at Chennai customs and JNCH from 6 Feb 2020
|
05-CBIC
Circular/ 27.01.2020
|
|
Board
Clarification on Gift Imports Prohibited Goods can be Imported on Payment
of Full Applicable Duties
|
04-CBIC/21.01.2020
|
|
Tobacco, Cashew, DSIR,
Atomic Energy Substances included in 47 Agency PGA List under e-Sanchit Clearance for Auto Upload of Import Licence Documents
|
03-CBIC/15.01.2020
|
|
Social Welfare
Surcharge (SWS) on Imports under MEIS and SEIS Schemes
|
02-CBIC/10.01.2020
|
|
National Calamity
Contingent Duty (NCCD) Leviable on Central Excise
and Customs Duty Exemption
|
CBIC Instruction dated 9
January 2020
|
|
Compilation and
Dissemination of Orders Passed by the Honble Courts Pertaining to GST
|
CBIC Legal Cell Instruction dated 7 January 2020
|
|
John Joseph Appointed Temporary Chairman of CBIC for Three Months
|
Office
Order No. 303 dated 31.12.2019
|
|
Board Issues
Instructions for Centralised Processing of Proposal
for Foreign Deputations
|
CBIC
Instruction No. 6/2019-Customs dated 27 December 2019
|
|
Document
Identification Number (DIN) Must from 24 Dec 2019 for All Communications with
CBIC, No DIN Makes Document Invalid
· Audit Trial of DIN
to Check Misuse
·
Documents without
DIN to be Regularised with 14 days of Issue
|
43-CBIC/23.12.2019
|
|
No Extension of Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute
Resolution) Scheme, 2019
· 15 Calendar days
only till end of SVLDR Scheme on 31.12.2019. Eligible taxpayers are invited
to avail this one-time opportunity
·
Sabka Vishwas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme (SVLDRS) 2019 is
available upto 31.12.2019. The scheme shall NOT be
extended. All taxpayers are advised to avail the scheme and settle pending
Service Tax & Central Excise disputes
|
F No 267/78/2019/CX-8-Pt III dated 16 December
2019
|
|
Above Rs 30 lakh cases of Mis-declaration
and Fraud Cases under Sec 135 of CA 1962 - Rs 30 lakhs
Must be Reported to Enforcement Department for PMLA Action
|
CBIC Instruction No.-05/2019-Customs dated 11.12.2019
|
|
Board Clarification on Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme Rules, 2019
|
1074-CBEC/12.12.2019
|
|
Image Reference
Number (IRN) thru eSANCHIT of both Invoice and Transport Document Mandatory
for each Import Bill of Entry
· Full Paperless
Must, No Physical Documenting
·
Measure Comes into
Effect from 2 Dec 2019
|
42-CBIC/29.11.2019
|
|
CBIC Asks
Commissioners to Clear Metal Scrap Consignments with 100% Examination on Case
to Case Basis
|
41-CBIC/29.11.2019
|
|
Auto Out of Charge
(OOC) Order of Courier Consignment after Successful Clearance of X-ray
Screening, Subsequent Movement to Shed Appraiser Dropped
|
40-CBIC/29.11.2019
|
|
Pr DG of DRI can
Appoint Commissioner to Adjudicate Cases
|
39-CBIC/28.11.2019
|
|
Mandatory Steel Import
and Monitoring System (SIMS) Registration Board Clarification
|
38-CBIC/21.11.2019
|
|
E-generated
Document Identification Number (DIN) for All Communications Mandatory from 8
Nov 2019 Customs Circular
·
DIN IT Application
will be Operational on DDM website from 08.11.2019
|
37-CBIC/05.11.2019
|
|
|